John Horgan, the former premier of British Columbia, has died of cancer at age 65. Horgan, who was serving as Canada’s ambassador to Germany, died at the B.C. Cancer Centre in Victoria after returning to the province for end-of-life care.

Horgan, Canada’s ambassador to Germany and a former NDP premier who formed a minority government in 2017, winning a majority three years later with a snap election call at the p

Horgan has been in the hospital for much of the past five months after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer in June. He was serving as Canada’s ambassador to Germany.